OUGD406 - Stanley Donwood

Stanley Donwood is an English artist best know for the work he does for Radiohead. He has created their entire visual identity, producing all their album and poster art himself since 1994. He is close friends with Thom Yorke, the Radiohead frontman and has worked cpllaborated on other projects with him. 

These pieces I have shown are Lino Prints. I really like his style of illustration within these pieces and the high contrast effect that is achieved with the Lino. The intricacy in the design adds to this effect.

I took inspiration from Donwood's work for the secret7 brief and developed one of my thumbnail sketches into a design in a similar style to these pieces. 

OUGD406 - Research - Robert Del Naja

I came across this work by Robert Del Naja in Exit Magazine. Robert Del Naja is an artist from Bristol, he works in many different mediums but originally gained notoriety as a member of the graffiti crew 'The Wild Bunch.' 

Del Naja has been involved with Massive Attack for a long time, producing a vast body of work for them. The image shown above is the graphic that Del Naja designed for the single 'KarmaComa' which is interesting to see as this is the track I will be designing for in the secret 7 competition.

His work has a lo-fi feel lo it which I really like, the designs aren't clean or minimal in anyway but use different mediums together to create some really interesting graphics. I ike Del Naja's use of texture and the layering that he utilises in his work. It is interesting to see this work and I have taken inspiration from it but at the same time I want to ensure that my designs aren't too similar to this. I want to do something unique and different to the majority of Massive Attacks artwork.